[Bug 937609] Re: 1.5.41ubuntu2 : dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package

[Colin Watson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 198421 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198421

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 198421
   DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE not set by dpkg-reconfigure causing dpkg-trigger to fail

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Title:
  1.5.41ubuntu2 : dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the
  package

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Precise i386 , logged as gnome-classic (without effects)

  Get this output when run :

  
  oem at oem-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure apparmor
  [sudo] password for oem: 
  dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package
  oem at oem-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-maintscript-helper
  [sudo] password for oem: 
  Usage: dpkg-maintscript-helper <command> <parameter>... -- <maintainer-script-parameter>...

  Commands:
    supports <command>
  	Returns 0 (success) if the given command is supported, 1 otherwise.
    rm_conffile <conffile> [<last-version> [<package>]]
  	Remove obsolete conffile. Must be called in preinst, postinst and
  	postrm.
    mv_conffile <old-conf> <new-conf> [<last-version> [<package>]]
  	Rename a conffile. Must be called in preinst, postinst and postrm.
    help
  	Display this usage information.

  So it seem an error with dpkg-reconfigure

  Similar report on Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636560

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: debconf 1.5.41ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Feb 21 09:55:57 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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